A blank canvas is full of possibility. If you have an idea for a user experience, how do you turn it into a beautiful and effective user interface? This covers covers principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present information with your interfaces. You'll learn concrete strategies to create user interfaces, including key lessons in typography, information architecture, layout, color, and more. You’ll learn particular issues that arise in new device contexts, such as mobile and responsive interfaces. You will learn how to apply these design principles in a modern context of increasingly diverse form factors - from tablets, to walls, to watches.

KA

Great opportunities for me to experience creativity in design. I struggle initially to come up with my own mock ups, and I persisted because I am motivated with what I learned from the modules.

LA

Jul 05, 2017

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Fun course. Really helped me think about how information is displayed, the message depending on who the audience is, and the device being used.

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Wireframes & Mock-ups

So you’re ready to lay out an interface. Don’t jump into code just yet. Rapid prototypes help you figure out the look and feel of an interface quickly, before you start implementation. In this week, I’ll introduce both principles and software tools for effective pixel prototyping. These rapid prototypes for communication within a design team and for getting buy-in from stakeholders. If you walk into any design studio, you’ll likely see these fast prototypes adorning the walls. Now you can add your own to the mix.

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Scott Klemmer

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Hi I'm Scott Klemmer an associate professor of cognitive and computer science at UC San Diego. Where I co direct the new design lab. I'm here today to invite you to join me for this new specialization with of course Sarah on interaction design. We've put together a bunch of new content that we're really excited about. In this specialization you'll learn how to design, implement and evaluate user interfaces and how to rapidly iterate and revise your designs. You'll learn fundamental principles for how to design user interfaces effectively. How to translate those fundamentals into practice, to make your deigns betters. And how to evaluate what you come up with, with real users. So that you can understand that it meets an actual human need. The place to start with this specialization is the Intro to Interaction Design class. From there you'll have an opportunity to dive deeper into a number of different topics so this include social computing, interaction techniques and evaluation. Once you completed the advanced material here, you can take everything that you've learned in all of the courses and apply all of that stuff together in a capstone experience that we're putting together in a collaboration with Instagram. Here, you get to do an open ended project where you get to show the world and yourself what you can do with all of these design materials. This is a great opportunity to put together a portfolio piece. Or something that you could use to impress your family and friends or get a job in the design field. In this specialization like with any learning experience, you get out of it what you put into it. I've already heard from a number of you who are excited about doing the full specialization with all the materials in the capstone. Others of you might watch a few select videos because you already know this stuff or you're just looking for a particular piece of material, and that's great too. You should use these learning materials in whatever way is most valuable for you. And think about what your learning goals are, what you hope to get out of it when you go into the class. Those of you who do complete all of these materials will have the opportunity to earn a verified interaction design certificate. This specialization builds on materials that we've done with Coursera for several years now. And I've been amazed by what students have done in our class already. Here's an example of some earlier prototyping that student's have done. This is a great way to express your creativity. Here's an example of how that stuff evolves over time. So already all around the world thousands of students have created interactive web applications that express their design ideas and fill a human centered need. Even beyond that, students around the world have shared learning materials with each other. Like these sketch notes that one student did. Some projects even go on to have a Kickstarter or a launch in other ways and that's been awesome to see. You can look at some of these previous student projects if you're looking for design inspiration. You can also use this as a chance to meet up in person as students around the world have already done. So really the world is your oyster. I'm looking forward to seeing all of the great ideas that you come up with and the contributions that you make, and I'm looking forward to you joining me with this new specialization. Welcome.